Norma

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See also: norma, normá, and normā

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Coined name of an imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera Norma (1831). Sometimes explained as Latin norma (“pattern, model”), or as a feminine form of Norman.

Proper noun

Norma

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
    • 1966, Agatha Christie, Third Girl, page 6:
      I wish I could remember that girl's Christian name. Something connected with a song...Thora? Speak to me, Thora, Thora, Thora. Something like that, or Myra? Myra, oh Myra my love is all for thee... Norma? Or do I mean Maritana? Norma - Norma Restarick. That's right, I'm sure.
Usage notes
  • Popular in the U.S.A. in the 1930s.

Etymology 2

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Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square”).

Proper noun

Norma

  1. (astronomy) An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.
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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Norma.

Proper noun

Norma

  1. a female given name from Spanish

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Norma.

Faroese

Proper noun

Norma f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Norma: Normuson
  • daughter of Norma: Normudóttir

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Norma
accusative Normu
dative Normu
genitive Normu

Spanish

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Etymology

From norma (“rule, norm”), itself from Latin nōrma, of the same meaning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoɾma/
  • Rhymes: -oɾma
  • Syllabification: Nor‧ma

Proper noun

Norma f

  1. a female given name

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Norma.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Norma (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜋ)

  1. a female given name from Spanish

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